Åsa Larsson is a markedly different writer from her fellow Swede Camilla Läckberg (discussed elsewhere on this site), with her notably cooler prose. Larsson’s 2003 novel The Savage Altar failed to make the expected impression in this country, but when Larsson was republished by MacLehose Press/Q
In 2017, there were two Norwegian nominees for the Nordic Council Literature Prize. One was Vigdis Hjorth, who’s controversial yet acclaimed novel Arv og Miljø (recently published as Will and Testament in a brilliant translation by Charlotte Barslund) had been the most written-about book of 2016.
‘Lonely people know nothing and are worth nothing.’ Within the first pages of Restless a young man sets the boundaries for his own existence, and in a striking introduction to his mental state embarks on an epistolary journey of self-analysis. He is writing a letter to the woman who has rejected
I’m introducing May 2020’s Riveting Reviews with an appeal: The European Literature Network needs your help. And by that I mean dosh. Wonga. Readies. Fric. Grana. Knete. Do you see what I’m saying…? Our coffers are now empty, and the work we have been doing for the last ten years to promote
As all the major international bookfairs were cancelled, the Centre for Information on Literature (LIC), the agency that promotes Slovak literature and helps to fund translations into other languages, has had to switch its activities online. In April it launched LIC Online, a new page on their websi
ELit Literaturhaus Europa invites European writers to take a chance to present their ideas about the future, while still under the impression of the crisis. The Barrel Organby Katharina Hacker I spend the days in the village in Brandenburg where I usually spend most of the time. It’s not far from
